Checco Rissone


Checco Rissone was an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Born Francesco Rissone in Turin, the younger brother of the more famous Giuditta, Rissone debuted on stage at young age, and often worked in the same companies of her sister. Graduated in Economics, in the postwar years he specialized in character roles, in films, television and particularly on stage, often working at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler. At the Piccolo Teatro Rissone also worked as assistant director and later as teacher at the drama school of the theatre.

Partial filmography